Well the Amtrak Crescent is a north bound train
When you can't afford to stay no more in New Orleans
So I bought the cheapest ticket and I carried my clothes
Blood beneath my eyes from a broken nose
Cause when life goes wrong it just goes on and on
When life goes wrong, it just drags on
Well there ain?t no ham like the Birmingham
Somewhere between right and wrong
Somehow I manage to keep moving on
Searching for any place but where I am
And a first and second chance
At stop in Charlotte found a hogs leg joint